Medical Staff and Field Personnel SHS - Phase III

Field staff was responsible for the recruitment of the entire Dakota center SHS cohort of which 91% retention was achieved. Staff conducted all of the physical exam and laboratory procedures on the participants per the SHS protocol. This project also included an Asthma sub-study through the University of Arizona in which antigen skin tests and spirometry was conducted on 214 participants from the Dakotas. Reservations included the Spirit Nation at Ft. Totten, ND, Cheyenne River Reservation and Pine Ridge Reservations in South Dakota. Personnel for this project included 3 RN’s, one RNA, two phlebotomists, 6 recruiters and one sonographer of which 10 of the personnel are tribal members.